SWMMR was co-founded in 2015 by four women assistant professors and graduates of the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Methods Research (IQMR) who share a dedication to methodological pluralism and the appropriate use of both qualitative and quantitative methods for deriving theories and testing hypotheses.
Current Leadership

California State University, Sacramento

University of California, Riverside

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

University of Toronto

US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Past Leadership
Jennifer Cyr (co-founder), University of California, Riverside
Marissa Brookes (co-founder), University of California, Riverside
Kendra Koivu (co-founder), University of New Mexico
Sara Niedzwiecki (co-founder), University of California, Santa Cruz